Porsche has unveiled for the American market its all-wheel-drive 911 Carrera 4. The car is due in dealerships this spring.The $69,500 car features a larger, more powerful engine than current naturally aspirated 911 models, a computer-controlled all-wheel-drive system and suspension refinements, wrapped in an aerodynamically refined 911-style body. The body is built in Porsche's new plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, West Germany.''The Carrera 4 will take us into the 1990s,'' said Brian Bowler, president and chief executive officer of Porsche Cars North America.

Whether you think of the 2006 Porsche Cayman S as a beefed-up hardtop Boxster or a slightly less potent 911 Carrera is up to you. But Porsche would prefer you consider the Cayman S an all-new model slotted between the Boxster and the 911. There's a basis for all three opinions. Indeed, much of the Cayman S consists of parts borrowed from the entry-level Boxster and the flagship 911 Carrera. But there are plenty of bits and pieces exclusive to the Cayman S that make it unique. After lengthy drives in several models, I'd suggest that this is a car that doesn't feel very much like the Boxster or the 911, and it certainly has its own look.

HOUSTON -- Three former immigration officers were found guilty Monday of failing to help an illegal immigrant whose neck was broken during a 2001 raid. Louis Rey Gomez, 37; Richard Henry Gonzales, 37; and Carlos Reyna, 43, of San Antonio were convicted of willfully denying Serafin Olvera-Carrera of Mexico medical care after his paralyzing injury. Eleven months after the beating, he suffered heart and respiratory problems related to his paralysis and was left brain dead. He died after being taken off life support.

JACKSONVILLE -- A 7-year-old boy was in serious condition Thursday at Wolfson Children's Hospital after being bitten at least five times by at least two different rattlesnakes. Matt Carrera was bitten Monday as he retrieved a baseball in the woods near his home on Anastasia Island outside of St. Augustine.

There's a new 911 Carrera, or a least a face-lifted one, with a redesigned front and rear that looks less like the Carrera's little sister, the Boxster. The base six-cylinder engine is increased from 3.4 to 3.6 liters, with 315 horsepower, up 15 from 2001. Prices should start at just under $70,000. The Boxster gets only minor updates, as does the Porsche Turbo, introduced last year; it gets a new sound system. Frankly, there isn't much about the all-wheel-drive, 415-horsepower, $112,000 Turbo that needs changing.

Two men were arrested after a man was attacked behind a convenience store. He was kicked several times in the face and body. Carlos Benitez, 29, and Jorge Trevino Carrera, 49, were arrested and charged with robbery in connection with the incident, according to the Haines City Police Department. The victim was approached behind the Amoco Convenience store at 2670 U.S. Highway 17-92 in Haines City, and two men kicked him in the face and body, took money and then fled, police said. Benetiz and Carrera were picked up later by Haines City police.

German sports-car maker Porsche said Friday it is recalling 11,091 cars to fix sticking cruise-control mechanisms that can make it impossible to stop the cars. The recall involves all 1989-1992 911 Carrera 2 and Carrera 4 models. Porsche said that on an undetermined number of those cars, the ball sockets on the cruise control linkage can break, causing the cruise control to jam at the set speed. If that happens, the car's brakes don't work, Porsche spokesman Bob Carlson said. Porsche is warning owners not to use the cruise control on the potentially affected cars until repairs are made.

Two men were arrested after a man was attacked behind a convenience store. He was kicked several times in the face and body. Carlos Benitez, 29, and Jorge Trevino Carrera, 49, were arrested and charged with robbery in connection with the incident, according to the Haines City Police Department. The victim was approached behind the Amoco Convenience store at 2670 U.S. Highway 17-92 in Haines City, and two men kicked him in the face and body, took money and then fled, police said. Benetiz and Carrera were picked up later by Haines City police.

Whether you think of the 2006 Porsche Cayman S as a beefed-up hardtop Boxster or a slightly less potent 911 Carrera is up to you. But Porsche would prefer you consider the Cayman S an all-new model slotted between the Boxster and the 911. There's a basis for all three opinions. Indeed, much of the Cayman S consists of parts borrowed from the entry-level Boxster and the flagship 911 Carrera. But there are plenty of bits and pieces exclusive to the Cayman S that make it unique. After lengthy drives in several models, I'd suggest that this is a car that doesn't feel very much like the Boxster or the 911, and it certainly has its own look.

HOUSTON - After years of blocking U.S. efforts to investigate corruption in their ranks, Mexican law enforcement officials have allowed the jailed former head of their national police to travel secretly to the United States to testify about drug payoffs at high levels of the Mexican government.In what U.S. officials described as a ground-breaking collaboration between the two countries, former Police Director Adrian Carrera Fuentes told a federal grand jury in Houston in June that he collected nearly $2 million in drug bribes in 1993 and 1994 and turned the money over to a former colleague, Mario Ruiz Massieu, two officials familiar with the testimony said.

When Porsche announces its 1990 lineup in Frankfurt this fall, two cars will be missing: the 944 S and 911 Turbo.The four-cylinder line will have only two models next year, the 3-liter 944 S2 and 2.5-liter 944 Turbo. There will still be three distinct cars in the 944 family with the debut of the 944 S2 Cabrio. Now six months behind schedule, the car will be converted by ASC in Germany.The old 911 Turbo will be discontinued because the cost of developing a catalyst version would have been prohibitive.

The thought of removing a feeding tube and letting someone die horrifies nurse Nancy Carrera. Yet it brings a sense of relief to paramedic Ted Rogers. Like other Floridians, they are deeply conflicted about what's set to happen at 2 p.m. today in Pinellas County: Hospice workers are under court order to remove a tube that has pumped nutrients into Terri Schiavo's stomach for 13 years, keeping the severely brain-damaged woman alive. Yet, withholding sustenance from a patient who will not or cannot eat is a legally and ethically acceptable decision made every day in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices nationwide.

HOUSTON -- Three former immigration officers were found guilty Monday of failing to help an illegal immigrant whose neck was broken during a 2001 raid. Louis Rey Gomez, 37; Richard Henry Gonzales, 37; and Carlos Reyna, 43, of San Antonio were convicted of willfully denying Serafin Olvera-Carrera of Mexico medical care after his paralyzing injury. Eleven months after the beating, he suffered heart and respiratory problems related to his paralysis and was left brain dead. He died after being taken off life support.